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Project is beginning with the simulated delivery of supplies, lab samples and medication using drones
FEMA reversed a months-long freeze after determining key courses were critical to local and national emergency response efforts
$67.5 million purpose-built facility unifies dispatch staff and is designed to stay operational after disasters

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Next month, the team of mental health workers will grow three-fold and expand its coverage area
The mayor and city councilors backed the four-year contract, which offers a 13% to 20% pay raise
A report showed the apparatus was going at least 20 mph over the speed limit at the time of the 2019 collision
“This willful defamation of character has injured both individuals and the organization,” Sheriff Villanueva wrote in a cease-and-desist letter
Prairie Du Pont Fire Protection District Chief Jerame Simmons was pardoned after committing arson at 18
A clear shift from early in the pandemic has city officials under pressure to tackle violent crime
Nearly all the fired employees had been on unpaid leave for over three months
Unvaccinated members will have to be tested regularly while the legal challenge continues
Council member Ann O’Brien says a drone program can provide tactical help to resolve situations like the one last week that left five cops shot and four more wounded
The LAPD has about 9,500 officers, which is 200 below its authorized staffing level